4-Chloroaniline → ethyl acetoacetate, sodium salt

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The p-chlorophenylhydrazone of ethyl 2-oxobutanoate was prepared by adaptation of the Japp-Klingemann reaction as described by Lions and Hughes (J. Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales 1939, 71: 445) to p-chloroaniline and ethyl 2-ethylacetoacetate. This phenylhydrazone was treated with HCl-ethanol according to the procedure of Lions and Hughes (J. Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales 1939, 71: 445) as applied therein to the corresponding bromophenylhydrazone. The title substance was collected by filtration as an orange solid after suspending the concentrated residue in water.

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